In the second week of the THY Europa League, Anadolu Efes hosted Fenerbahçe Beko.
In the Turkish derby, Fenerbahçe Beko defeated Anadolu Efes with a score of 78-83 at the Basketball Development Center.
While the first period of the match, which started with mutual points and tough defense, was very competitive, the last 4 minutes of the first period were entered with a 13-13 draw. With Oturu, who was effective in Anadolu Efes, coming to the side, Fenerbahçe activated Colson, who scored 14 points, and managed to end the first period ahead 27-21.
Fenerbahçe, which started the second period by defending effectively and scoring points, gave its opponent only 2 points in the first 5 minutes and increased the difference to 15 points. Despite Anadolu Efes’ efforts to be effective in attack, the yellow-dark blue team did not lose their defensive resistance and went to the locker room with a 46-37 lead.
In the second half of the match, when Anadolu Efes had difficulty scoring points in the first 3 minutes, Fenerbahçe Beko increased the difference to 17 points. The dark blue-whites, who started to be effective in attacks towards the end of the period, narrowed the gap and entered the last 3 minutes trailing by 8 points with a score of 48-56.
Bryant and Biberovic ejected from the game
With 1.11 remaining in the third period, Fenerbahçe Beko’s Tarık Biberovic and Anadolu Efes’ Elijah Bryant started to come to blows after a scuffle under the basket. The referees of the match stopped the game and disqualified both players from the game after monitoring the position. The period that continued after the disqualifications ended with Fenerbahçe leading 60-51.
Although Anadolu Efes started to reduce the difference from time to time in the last period, Fenerbahçe managed to keep the difference above 10 points until the end of the period. Anadolu Efes, which was the more effective side especially in the last 4 minutes, managed to reduce the difference with consecutive points and enter the last 2 minutes with a score of 74-74. Entering the last minute, Fenerbahçe, breathing with Guduric’s 3-point field goal, increased the difference to 4 points. While the last 30 seconds were spent with mutual baskets, Fenerbahçe Beko managed to win the tough match 83-78.
Salon: Basketball Development Center
Referees: Miguel Angel Perez (Spain), Damir Javor (Slovenia), Ioannis Foufis (Greece)
Anadolu Efes: Larkin 9, Beaubois 11, Nwora 5, Bryant 15, Thompson 5, Johnson 5 Poirier 3, Ercan Osmani 2, Oturu 21, Willis 2
Fenerbahçe Beko: Baldwin 15, Melli 2, Sertaç Şanlı 3, Hayes-Davis 11, Tarık Biberovic 7, Guduric 8, Zagars 11, Colson 16, Birch 10
5 Lazy: Colson (Fenerbahçe Beko)
